In today’s reading, Barbara Brown Taylor, efforts to center the death of Jesus in its context and crossing into our daily context. Taylor calls readers to see the crucifixion of Jesus as a mirror where every person sees themselves for who they really are. This truth is often met with discomfort and the mirror, the presence of Christ, is forcibly removed.
From Taylor, “What happened then goes on happening now. In the presence of his integrity, our own pretense is exposed. In the presence of his constancy, our cowardice is brought to light. In the presence of his fierce love for God and for us, our own hardness of heart is revealed.”
I have often thought that the reason most of us want to move the celebration of the resurrection is because we do not like focusing on death. But, could it be the reason that we move so quickly through passion week and Good Friday is because we are uncomfortable with what needs to die in us?